The fate of the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, remains unknown, despite officials having earlier said he was killed in a massive police raid in a suburb of the city that left at least two dead, including a female suicide bomber.

According to AFP, intelligence led investigators to believe the Belgian suspect was in an apartment in Saint-Denis to the north of Paris, triggering a ferocious seven-hour shootout there with police that began before dawn.


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